Forum: Lung Cancer Forum

Hi All. I am new to this forum and have been very touched from some of the posts. My life too was recently touched by lung cancer. My mom is 57 and...

My 76 year old mother was diagnosed this past weekend with NSCLC, probably stage iv. She is a former smoker, quit 3 years ago, probably 1-2ppd for 40...

my friend is having lung cancer which is in advanced stage i want him to well and fine and live with his parents is there any cure for lung cancer.

My FIL passed away last Monday. Both of his lungs collapsed. The doctor said the grown tumor was pressing his heart that's why he was having trouble...

Today my mom went for her PET scan and the Onc Dr called her late this afternoon - good news is she has NO other cancer than just the spot in her...

We went to the oncologist today - they have diagnosed my mom as having NSCLC - Squamous Carcinoma. Next step is the PET scan to stage it. CT scan...

Hello, I have a question I hope somebody might be able to answer. A bad TBI the end of 2004 with some of these symptoms, but has gotten increasingly...

My father was diagnosed with Lung Cancer May 3rd, 2007. He exhibited all the signs of a stroke at first. He was having trouble seeing letters on...

I found this site tonight and want to thank everyone for sharing. It really helps to find real people going through similar situations. My mom is...

It has been a struggle for my mom and our family. Dad was diagnosed with SCLC in January. He had the first rounds of chem and did very well. Xrays...

A friend of mine recommended this site to me. After reading several other messages I think this will not only be a good place for me to learn more...

My dad(79) has been diagonosed in Sloan in May with lung cancer after being treated for stage 4 lymphoma. They treated a spot on his lung which did...

Hi; my father(age 57) is a lung cancer patient (Non-small cell) diagnosed in may 2007. He has been taking...

Story leading up to this is in this thread http://www.cancerforums.net/viewtopic.php?t=7183&start=30&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight= On a side...

My father was just diagnosed with a reoccuring non small cell cancer in his right lung. He had his first one 6 years ago which was surgicaly removed....

I am a 38 year old female, went to see the doctor about some pain in my side and some shortness of breath. I was told after a CT scan that I had a...

Hi, I am Katina, and have come to these forums for help, guidance, and to be near others going through what my family is going through. My Daddy was...

I come from an affluent immigrant family. We are now American's but all four of us live in different parts of the world. My parents are recently...

I just read my moms report from the surgeon. It says she has NSCLC moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma T2,N1,M0,G2. Anyone know what that...

I don't know where to even begin. My mother was diagnosed with stage IV lung canger (nsclc) just a month ago earlier september 07'. Just a few...

My dad has always gotten flu and phenumona (sp) shots and he asked one of his chemo nurses if he should get them this year. She went to the Dr. and...

My mom was recently diagnosed with bronchioavelor non small cell lung cancer after a lesion was removed in the right upper lobe. She also has a...

For those of you who have gone through chemotherapy or have had family undergo treatment, I would greatly appreciate any information you could share...

My father has stage 4 and has been taking chemo since July. Last week he took another CT scan and I got the results back. I wasn't at the apointment...

Hi everyone, I am an AML survivor with bone marrow transplant (+3 years), who would like to seek your expert advise on NSLC. My mom has...

I'm trying to get some opinions of a recent finding. FYI: I'm a 58 year old male former smoker, but quit 5 years ago. I had a follow-up CT scan done...

Hi, Thank you for all your stories, they do help a lot. We found out my sister 53 has lung cancer with brain mets on May 9th. She can not have...

My mom has advanced cancer of the lung spread to the medistinal lymph nodes. There are multiple tumors in the lung. The disease is progressing...

this is the 1st time in our family to have this kind of disease. in fact, we do not know what to do. its like, it happened so fast. a few months...

Hi Everyone, I just wanted to say thank you for taking the time to share your stories. I am a Hodgkin's Lymphoma cancer survivor. My mother has...

Hello everyone, first of all i would like to express my support to all members here who suffer from cancer, either them either a close member of...

hello ' its been bad days for us ' my sister is not doing well ' she had her radiation to her brain ' and im afraid it took her last strength '...

My dad was being treated for Lymphoma which he has had for 10 years at Sloan Kettering this summer when they found a growth on his left upper lung....

I just recieve in the mail my hubby pathology report please someone explain this to me,, ,, what is lung parenchyma with a blood vessel containing...

My dad had cough with sputum production for 4 months for which we took antibiotics but none worked. later we did sputum culture as well for which...

My husband, age 49 smoked for 24 years, was diagnosed with cancer after a routine chest x-ray in April 2002. Had a lobectomy in July 2002 on the...

Hi - My husband and I need some advice. His father was diagnosed with extensive stage SCLC in May. He went through 10 doses of radiation to the...

:( hello ' i am new to this forum ' and i guess what i am trying to find out is this ? ' my 42 year old siter was told she had inoperable lung cancer...

My mom who is 56 yr old has been diagnosed with NSCLC stage 4 and a non smoker. She had two cycles of Chemo.She doesn't have any side effects. She...

My Mom (73) was diagnosed with Lung Cancer about a month ago. She started having trouble standing and walking, and then she became very confused. My...

My father was diagnosed with NSCLC T4N2M0 on the 7th of August. We are now awaiting the results of a PET Scan. In addition to this we would very much...

My mother-in-law was diagnosed in 2005 with stage 4 lung cancer. She is going thru the chemo now and every 6 weeks she has to get fluid drained off...

Please accept my appologies for the long of this post, but I feel you need to know the whole history in order to understand the situation. My mom...

I am not sure where to begin...Basically my 62 year old dad ( I am 28 yrs old) was diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer a month ago. He also has had...

Hi everyone, new to the forums and just wanted some general opinions. My friend's mother had cancer about 6 months ago and the doctors were able...

Mother-in-law (age 62) just found out she has tumors in her lung and hip. We are still waiting to hear exactly what she has, which stage she's in,...

My dad is 55 and was diagnosed with NSCLC stage iv last week only thing he was having problems with was pain in leg. Lung cancer (2 tumors) had...

My Mom is 73 years old, smoked heavily for 55+ years and stopped cold turkey 3 years ago after a great scare (COPD, emphysema, bronchitis). The five...

My dad lost his battle with NSCLC last week. He was diagnosed in October of 2004, not sure what stage but we believed it was caught fairly early as...

I am 30 years old and have been healthy my entire life. I smoked for about 8 years and quit 2 years ago. I have also worked with fiberglass duct...